Limitation Creates Value

I read a story about a stamp collector. There were only two of a certain kind of stamp remaining in the whole world, so naturally they were very valuable . He owned one of them and when he finally got hold of the second one he burned it. The price of the first one went way, way, way up when he burned that second one. Way higher than the two of them combined. Because now it was the only one in the whole world. Limitation creates value.

In an interesting spin to this story, have you ever wondered how you’re limiting yourself to create value in the immediacy of the present? Think about that for a second. What do you REALLY value and hold dear that, if you were honest, is holding you back? What opportunities, relationships, conversations and choices do you burn so as to create value in what you’ve decided is truth and placed in concrete?

Me? Well, I’ve experienced tremendous loss simply because I thought I knew the way when in actuality I was listening to the voice of fear, or being overly cautious due to what others would think or any other reasons that kept me in the safety of mediocrity.

A dear confidant of mine is always seeking and projecting happiness. Her natural inclination is always to smile and say YES trusting that the details will be figured out eventually and as a result, she’s never short of beauty that feeds the souls of many. Now, at 42 yrs old, I enter a time of saying YES. A time of lighting fires to soothe, comfort and warm versus burn down any evidence to keep my value in a state of limitation.

I’m finding the often allusive space between limitations, throttling back, taking the slower, more scenic path in life, wading through the rivers that time often requires. There is a tempo to this crazy universe. When quiet, you can almost hear Mother Earth tick with a consistent rhythmic beat that stirs you into unexplored places where a deeper sense of value can be recognized leading us into amazing abundance.

Where is your value?

~Robin

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Robin has been in the sales & marketing world for 20+ years and has coached hundreds of people into better ways to deliver their message and add value to clients. From a Sales Director for several real estate companies and condominium projects to an owner of a RE/MAX agency, Robin has been involved with the interpersonal connections needed to build value, deliver products and services people want in fun and creative ways.
With a background in ministry and philosophy, Robin spent 30 years struggling with the pillars of Religion. Finally breaking free, he questions the “normal” to now be considered an evocative (and sometimes controversial) thought leader. Pushing the limits of society and culture, Robin guides others to find their own freedom in a life of self empowered creation, partnered with deep resonance to live with originality. Robin is an ordained minister, performing marriages and the customary duties of ministry including spiritual guidance and consulting.
Robin’s passion is in seeing strong masculinity meet the opposite world of radically elegant femininity. Coaching self development, personal energy and the breaking away from limiting beliefs, Robin works with his students and clients to create pure and honest alliances for personal and business relationships.
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Hello there. I’m a Writer. Highly esoteric, wildly evocative and playfully curious, I write about the things we want to know and it seems nobody talks about. From the deep explorations of spirituality, to making fun of religion to wild and hot romance, I write things that make you feel and hopefully, come back for more. Stick around.

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